How do you fall in Love?

I'm like this. I know immediately if a doll is for me and when purchasing on these instincts I've never been disappointed.

 

I always know as soon as I see the doll. It's as if they are calling to me and I get this feeling n the pit of my stomach - it must be love! If I don't get this then they are not for me. If I do I know it's right and I've never been disappointed when they finally arrive. I guess you just have to trust your instincts.

 

I'll be just browsing on a doll company website and I'll see a photo of a doll and I just immediately KNOW I MUST have that doll. That feeling is usually accompanied by not being able to get the doll out of my head for weeks!

 

I have a mix of both. I saw BBB Mei and was like awe thats cute. Then I kept looking, kept coming back to the page. More I saw her I had to have her. She was so cute in the pictures. (I have purchased her and am waiting for her)

But then some dolls I saw just one small picture and would just jaw drop fall for it. Like the Crobidoll: Nao.

 

It's love at first sight for me, whether I see a doll through the company picture or an owner's picture.

 

Well, with me, when I first got into BJDs a year ago, I preferred anthro dolls over humans because (this is probably going to sound wierd) I didn't like how the eyes were shaped. At the time, humanoid BJDs' eyes just seemed too wide (to me, this made them seem to have a sort of "blank" look) for my liking. I initially fell in love hard with the Pipos Bao for its enormous ears, tiny fox nose and mouth, and gentle almond-shaped eyes. The Bao was so different from all the cat BJDs I'd seen (don't get me wrong, I'm a big cat person)...in a way, it looked more soft and gentle than the other anthros.

As I got more and more interested in the hobby and looked at more sculpts, I slowly warmed up to the more humanoid dolls. Again, the eyes were the big thing for me. I really didn't like how wide the eyes seemed on many sculpts, they just looked too unrealistic and, for lack of a better word, "lifeless." I did see a few dolls that I liked a bit, such as the Luts Abadon, but nothing that I really fell head-over-heels in love with. Until sometime last December. I was poking around the Luts site and looking through their Kid Delfs. The KDF Ttori just seemed to pop out at me, I clicked and looked at all the pictures. The first thing I thought when I saw him was, "A;LDSKJF;DSKLFJ;WOIWK;LEAJ;E HE LOOKS JUST LIKE RITSUKA FROM LOVELESS!!!!!!!" (ffffffffffff yes, I am WIERD). The more I looked at the Ttori, the more I loved it. His eyes looked relaxed, he had this young and innocent air about him, and, and, and...just everything about him looked so calm and gentle! We just clicked! And sure enough, in June, Dad and I sat down and ordered my first boy, Rikka, and he arrived on the 20th. One and a half months later, I still can't get over it: I love Rikka so very much, and he's everything I dreamed of and more!

All my rambling aside, to answer the discussion question, it did take a while for me to find the "right" doll, but when I did, like the first post says, I just saw him and thought, "YES!!!!!" I looked at pictures of the Ttori on the Luts site over and over, but not really because I "needed" to than because I just couldn't get over how much I loved him. I was pretty undecided on what sculpts I liked when I first got into BJDs, and I changed my mind several times on which ones I wanted, but once I saw the Ttori, like I said earlier, we just clicked! And the moment I opened that box and saw Rikka all wrapped up in bubblewrap, I fell in love all over again.

Yup. And that's my story.

 

It's normally love at first sighting with me, as well. I have to hold myself back, though, because often times I become bored only too easily with what earlier may have caught mmy attention.
The ones that survive an alotted period of time make the cut and are brought home, unless it's some I can't afford... For instance, I loved El for years before buying one. As for Wu, he survived a few months, before I couldn't take it any more and HAD to have one.
The Bermanns survived that time-cut over and over, but I could never afford one... LoL But once I brought home my 08'man, I just stopped NEEDING one. It was really remarkable. I adopted the 08'man immediately because he reminded me strongly of a Bermann and was affordable. Now that he's quenched the need for a B-Mann, I only love him even more for it.

 

Let's see.... I always thought BJDs were lovely the moment I was aware of them. But they were so expensive and I had no idea where to find one, so I just thought I'd never be able to get one. But a few years later I stumbled on the Angell-Studio site somehow. I'd just look them up from time to time. But that's when I saw the pink fashion Cinderella. I thought she was just pretty all around. Her whole full set was nice and I liked the idea of everything coming together. Because I had nothing and wasn't knowledgeable. But she's just pink all over with pink hair... which really appealed to me. Like a pretty, pink princess!! So that's really why I fell in love with her.

For my second doll, I was actually looking to buy a puki. But then I saw LittleFee Flora with her adorable outfit and fluffy, nappy pink hair..... lol I needed her. XD The nice things about fullsets is that I can have clothes right away and I can see what they look like in it. I like seeing demonstrations of clothing. But I've ordered both dolls new outfits that have yet to come. lol

I still want a puki and also decided I want a LittleFee Shiwoo. Because I've seen them in person and have seen their potential. However I recently fell in love with another doll. I do like all the others, but I haven't loved them as much as I love the DoD Homme Ducan. XD I was just looking for a Top 5 BJD thing on Facebook, when I saw one someone filled out with him. I thought he was cute and looked him up.... and I just ADORE him. So much. I think of him constantly. lol The love I have for him is like the love I have for my first. XD He's just so gorgeous....

 

When I was searching for my first BJD, I saw many beautiful sculpts that I adored. I had decided on one that I found lovely, not knowing this feeling of "love" for a doll. I figured it would just come when I saw her in person.

But then I accidentally stumbled upon Petsha from DoD. My heart sank, my jaw dropped - as silly as it sounds, it was like love at first sight. I knew right away she was what I was looking for, just as I had pictured. No question about it. Needless to say, I ordered her within the week.

I definitely learned from the experience. Now that I know this feeling of "love", I will never purchase a doll that doesn't bring me that instant attraction. It wouldn't be fair for the doll or me.

 

Mecha Angel Sabik for me was love at first sight. The minute I looked at him I knew I had to have him. Sadly he's still on my saving for list, I've contemplated putting him on Layaway

Sadly most of the other dolls I fall in love with are Limited like DOT Delphine, DOI Black Luke, and Soom Sard

 

When I was looking for my first doll, I saw lots that I liked, but when I saw B&G Sapphira, I knew that I was really in love. His character and story came to me almost immediately once I saw the first picture of him, and I knew that I had to have him. It was the same with my incoming Soom Glot - one look, and I knew.

 

Sometimes I fall in love at the sight of the first photo I see of the doll, but other times it takes a few weeks, or months of seeing photos. I guess it all depends on the doll, and my mood.

 

I bought my first doll more on affordability [oops] but afterwards it's been a falling-in-love process. lessee...
Cotton: I knew I wanted a puki, and I had originally planned on a Sugar. However, the Cupid mold came out, like a Sugar with open-er eyes! So that was an easy choice. Avery: At first, I thought the Ante mold was weird. The lips didn't appeal to me. But then, one day, I saw a non-default picture and I was just smitten. I guess it was a case of company pictures doing the doll no justice in my eyes? Andrew: ...His head just smacked me about the face and said "LOVE ME!!" and so I did. Days of carrying him around in my hands helped, too, as did a successful faceup.

The only doll I'm really lusting after now is a DT Hue, and at first I thought he was just the ugliest thing [which he sort of is, in a beautiful way @_@;;] but again, I saw him with a good faceup and realized what potential he has. Right now, I think he's the most attractive headmold out there.
I guess I fall in love after falling in digust? Odd.

 

For me since this would be my first doll I really wanted to get it right in a sense. There were quite a few dolls that caught my eye and I was like "Oooooooo I want her, her, him her, ooo him." it was all over the place for quite a while.
But as I kept looking the ones that kept catching my eye no matter what I would check them out and dwell on especially one in particular because her look is so pow and striking. She was one of the ones that I was thinking Ooo I want but it wasn't till it hit me that I always came back to her when searching.
I finally decided she's the one I will get as my first and from the moment I thought that I fell in love. I kept looking and thought she's perfect. It was like once I had my mind set on a doll I let myself love that doll. Which hopefully one day will be my AOD Qian.

 

It hits me like a bolt of lightning!

 

It's funny, but 9 times out of 10, the doll I fall in love with is not the one I'll bring home. With BJDs it's the quirkier sculpts that hold my attention longer, and really grow on me. The ones I fall in love with end up boring me to tears in no time! XD

 

Actually I knew dolls for quite a while, but never really stepped in.
Until one day I see my girl....:P "SHE is the one I want!!" SO....

 

I see photos that captivate me and keep going back to look at them. The FairyLand and Iplehouse websites are eye candy for me.

 

Sometimes, it's just a compulsive "OMG! Must have!!!" This is how I got a lot of my non-bjds.

With my first (and so far, only) BJD, I walked by her in the case, and then walked back and I stared. It was like she was staring right back. She was soooo lovely. It was a kind of love at first sight, but it took a couple of minutes before I committed to her. After all, I'd never bought a doll that cost so much before.

 

I think it's a doll that I can't help but keep going back to look at, even if I've gone and look at other possible options. It's also that there are molds I'm naturally drawn to, as opposed to other molds that I like less - a whole push-pull process